Twisted: The Collected Stories of Jeffrey Deaver Audiobook

" If you love those short mystery stories with the wicked twist at the end you will thoroughly enjoy this collection of short stories by Jeffery Deaver. Often, in such a collection, the quality of the stories are a bit uneven, but these all seemed pretty much above average to me. They all had one of those wicked ironic twists at the end. As I read each successive story I tried to guess what the twist was going to be and sometimes I saw it clearly and sometimes it jumped up and startled me. This book is full of interesting cons, murder schemes, and general criminal behavior. I thoroughly recommend it to fans of Alfred Hitchcock type stories. "

" I usually hate short stories but most of these were great. "

" A nice collection of dark short stories. The twist(s) at the end are always satisfying. I liked some stories better than others; standouts for me were Without Jonathan, For Services Rendered, Beautiful, The Fall Guy, Triangle, The Christmas Present, and The Kneeling Soldier. "

" Every one of these stories has a trick ending to the point where it is a bit annoying. It reminds me, actually, of the new Sherlock Holmes show "Elementary" that does the same thing every week (He did it. No, he couldn't have done it, she did. Oh my, it was really the first guy all along.). Once or twice a huge twist in a story is fun. Halfway through this book, I just wanted to start skipping to the ends of the stories first, just to know. I still love his Lincoln Rhyme and Katherine Dance stuff, but I'm not seeking out any more short story collections by Deaver. "

" So clever and something different.... "

" Una raccolta di perle. Storie scritte benissimo (a parte un paio di errori, probabilmente di traduzione), con evoluzioni inaspettate e originali. Ottimo e consigliatissimo. "

" This is an aptly named book. I loved the short stories. Each one had a twist. I tried to figure out what the twist would be, as I was reading a story, and was still surprised. "

" Great "twilight zone" type stories. "

" This is a really great collection of short stories!! "

" Jeffery Deaver always comes up with very entertaining and suspenseful stories. His style of writing is easy and fun to read. I was totally absorbed in these short stories. "

" Excellent collection of short stories, each with a twist. Some real astonishing twists too, even as I read each story knowing there was a twist coming I could never work it out! Great read. "

" Short stories are great for commuting or people who have no patience to find out "who dun it" - so I recommend most of the tales in this book. "

" I didn't enjoy as much as his other thrillers. This was short stories, not enough times for me to invest in the characters. "

" Best short stories I have ever read in the crime genre. "

" he truly is the master of plot twists "

" These are short stories. I like to read one at a time, between other books. "

" Many twisted stories in one book... all with a twisted ending "

" This author's short stories remind me of E.A Poe. He has a twisted imagination just like Poe. Some of the stories are full of blood and gore, while others just have the deepest recesses of the dark mind reflected in them. Very compelling reading. "

" It started off strong, got a little weaker in the middle and then started to get strong again. Each story held my attention. The title is definitely well suited for this book. "

" Absolutely wonderful reading. Amazing short stories, always with a surprise that will floor you. "

" it's crime mixed up with love, really twisted. "

" This was a great collection of short stories, each a good example of why I like Deaver's novels, and each featuring at least one classic plot twist. "

" A good collection of short stories. I even managed to guess some endings. Apart from the first story which was not too good (strange that it was chosen for the opener), all the stories were either good or great. And the twists were often twisted. "

" Short stories with Twilight Zone type endings. "

" A collection of short stories which I am not a big fan of. The stories were good, I just prefer full length books. "

" This book was amazing. I love the stories although compiled together it started to look about the same but each plot has a different twist. It is hard to choose a favourite story but I think I like The Weekender (... and the Kneeling Soldier) best. Nice way to spend the afternoon. "

" A fun read...Like any collection of short stories, some are better than others. Still, Deaver is great fun overall. "

" Very good, even though I don't like this kind of book normally. "

" This an author I like, but a lot of these stories were trite and predictable. He seems to do better with the longer format of the novel, so read those versus this. "

" Some very clever short stories here. "

" A collection of short stories which I am not a big fan of. The stories were good, I just prefer full length books. "

" This is a collection of 16 short stories, all of which were very good. They sound like something you might have seen on the Twilight Zone. "

" If you like Deaver then these are great stories in his style. This is definitely a fun read, but I'd get into the Rhyme series first. "

" Put it down several times, forced myself to pick it back up...finally decided today I had given as much time from my life trying to read this book. I felt the storied were boring, predictable, and mostly negative. "

" Very good, I 'got' a couple of the twists before they were revealed. Yes, as the title says, Twisted! "

" Jeffery Deaver always comes up with very entertaining and suspenseful stories. His style of writing is easy and fun to read. I was totally absorbed in these short stories. "

" The stories sure are twisted. He always made me believe that the main character is a good one but in truth, it's different. Still love the Rhyme's story. "

" Highly recommended, the stories are amazing and indeed with unexpected ending. I could figure out the outcome only on two or three of them. "

" This was a wickedly entertaining book. Jeffery Deaver is an extremely cleaver author, and fun to read. I got a real kick out of this one. "

" A nice little collection of short stories, some very intriguing, others, in my opinion, too predictable... but over all, it was a good read. Favorites: "Without Jonathan" , "For Services Rendered", "Triangle" and "Together". "